Thursday, March 4, 2010

This afternoon, the Orioles again faced the Tampa Bay Rays -- this time on the road -- however, they ended the day with a 6-5 loss. Felix Pie, who has had rave reviews of his work in Florida, was 2-2 with a home run and triple before leaving the game with a minor injury. It looks as if he pulled his hamstring, but according to the Baltimore Sun's Pete Schmuck, he'll be fine.

Brian Matusz, who started the game for Baltimore, went 1 1/3 innings and looked solid on the mound. He did run into trouble as he gave up a two-run homer to Sean Rodriguez. Overall, he was impressed with the job he did as he was on the mound facing competition this Spring. He struck out the first three hitters in the opening inning. Mark Hendrickson -- who came in the game in the 4th inning -- gave up two runs. Lefty Mike Hinckley for Baltimore took the loss after Matt Joyce's RBI-single won the game for Tampa.